IL-40 is the direct descendent of a long line of Sturmovik family, including the legendary IL-2. Designed by Sergei Ilyushin, the vast number of IL-2 played a pivotal role in the defense of fatherland during the great patriotic war, destroying German convoys and panzer forces. In the post-war period, several propeller-driven successors were created (IL-8/10/20), but their performance increase was deemed inadequate. The IL-40 was born when Ilyushin combined the cutting-edge jet technology of the 1950s and the tried-and-true layout of the IL-2. The resulting aircraft maintained the heavy armor of its predecessors, while drastically increased speed and maneuverability (comparable to contemporary Mig-15, from Wikipedia). Similar to late-war IL-2, the IL40 has a crew of 2: a pilot and a tail gunner - both are protected by an armored tub made from rolled homogenous steel armor used on tanks. The rest of the aircraft was of aluminum construction. The powerful Mikulin AM5 turbojet engines with afterburner allow the IL-40 to reach 1000km/h, a speed unimaginable with any propeller-driven systems. Unfortunately, the advent of tactical nuclear weapons made close-air-support an obsolete concept in the potential WW-III. This shift in doctrine resulted in the termination of the IL-40 project, with all prototypes and the few production aircraft scraped.

Features
Fully funky interactive cockpit, I made it up by mixing Mig-15 and IL-2 cockpit designs.

Quad AM-23 2.3cm autocannons to strafe capitalist pigdogs

4 FAB-100 gravity bombs with internal stowage bay

Traversable IL-K10 weapon station, with a single 2.3cm autocannon

Powerful airbrakes to increase maneuverability during dive

Mikulin AM-5 engine with afterburner

Instruction

AG1 to close the canopy and turn on flight systems (Engines and Instruments)
AG2 to open bomb bay doors and arm bombs
AG3 to ditch all bomb loads during emergency
AG4 to turn on lights
AG5 to allow tail gun traverse (Yaw)
Trim to trim
VTOL to flaps

Take off speed is 250 km/h

*The aircraft reaches equilibrium at top speed (930-1000km/h), where it flies without nose tipping up or down

Some pics